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speak of

speak of verb: to bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; speak to.

Verb

speak of (third-person singular simple present speaks of, present participle speaking of, simple past spoke of, past participle spoken of)

  1. (phrasal, transitive, verb) To bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; speak to.
    • The place was solitary and deserted […] only the line of mouldering towers and battlements on the hill above spoke of the busy life that had long passed away.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 7
    • This act speaks of his kindness.

speak of meaning in Bengali

speak of in Bengali

নির্দেশ করা, দেখান, ইঙ্গিত দেওয়া, ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী করা, পরামর্শ দেওয়া, কথা বলা

Forms of speak of

third-person singular presentspeaks of
present participlespeaking of
pastspoke of
past participlespoken of

Origin of speak of

From Middle English speken of (“to speak of, speak about”) and Middle English ofspeken (“to speak of, speak about”).

Questions about speak of

What does speak of mean?
Speak of means to bespeak; show; indicate; foretell; suggest; speak to.
What is speak of in Bengali?
Speak of in Bengali is নির্দেশ করা, দেখান, ইঙ্গিত দেওয়া. See Speak of meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is speak of?
Speak of is a verb.
What is the past tense of speak of?
The past tense of speak of is spoke of.

Words near speak of in the dictionary

  1. speak in dollars
  2. speak in terms
  3. speak in tongues
  4. speak like a book
  5. speak now or forever hold your peace
  6. speak of
  7. speak of the devil
  8. speak of the devil and he appears
  9. speak of the devil and he shall appear
  10. speak one's conscience
  11. speak one's mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: speak of (page history and authors); speak of (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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